‘Hugo’ Trailer Is A Dickensian ‘Home Alone’

Martin Scorsese is taking break from his Leo DiCaprio-laden works to venture off into the realm of family fare with Hugo, the story of an orphaned boy who teams up with a girl to unlock the secrets of his father’s last gift to him.

It’s got some very Victorian sensibilities, going for the look that those Zemeckis mo-cap films went for but never got.

It also boasts Sacha Baron Cohen playing it fairly straight as a train worker who is constantly on the heels of the duo. Also, he falls into a cake.

On first glance, it would appear that the stars have aligned to bring us the funny, touching, 3D family film that so many studios have tried to wheel out and failed. High hopes for this one.